Fix null pointer errors in references #172

Job	Run time
Static analysis	23s
Node tests \| Dart stable \| Node 18 \| ubuntu-latest	1m 6s
Dart tests \| Dart stable \| ubuntu-latest	1m 1s
Node tests \| Dart stable \| Node 18 \| windows-latest	2m 27s
Dart tests \| Dart stable \| windows-latest	1m 40s
Dart tests \| Dart stable \| macos-latest	1m 48s
Node tests \| Dart stable \| Node 18 \| macos-latest	1m 30s
Node tests \| Dart stable \| Node 16 \| ubuntu-latest	1m 12s
Node tests \| Dart stable \| Node 14 \| ubuntu-latest	1m 5s
Node tests \| Dart dev \| Node \| ubuntu-latest	1m 8s
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Deploy Pub	0s
Deploy Github: Linux	0s
Deploy npm	0s
Deploy Homebrew	0s
Deploy Github: Windows	0s
Deploy Github: Mac OS	0s
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